Improvement in corset-fastenings



l:'n-lirll giedre @sind @Mira Letters Patent No. 91,112, dated .Tune 8,1869.

lIIIIlIII'."IRO'VIElMSBNT IN CORSET-FASTENINGS.

HOVO- The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making partof the same.

To all whom it lmtl/y concern Be it known that I, MAGGIE E. Fnnn'rz, ofNew Albany, in the county of Floyd, and State of Indiana, have inventedcertain new Improvements in the Conf struction of Corset-Steels; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction ofcorset-steels, with convenient and eiiicient fastcnings, and in such amanner that the steels, or buslcs may be easily removed and replacedwhenever' desired, in order that the corset. may be washed.

To enable others skilled in the art 'to make and use myinvention, I willproceed to describe the same.

V1n the accompanying drawings- Figure l represents -a front View of acorset with steels, or busks, and fastenings made accordingto myinvention. l

Figure 2 shows a like view of a section of a steel with one of my clipsin position.

Figure 3 shows a rear view of the same, with part of another'clip-tongue and open ring.

Figures 4 5, 6, and 7, show my clips in several stages in theconstruction of them.

The steels, or busks,'without the fastenings, are made in the usualform', except that they are made with a series of vertical slots inthem, the slots in each` corresponding in position to those in theother, these slots being for the insertion of the tongues ol the clips,hereinafter described.

The clips are of two kinds; one having the hook, h, iig. 7, the otherhaving the eye, s, fig. 4.

In the manufacture of them, I prepare sheets of suitable metal andthickness, and then with a punch, or otherwise, cut out a piece foraclip of suitable dimensions and form. v v

Fig. 6 shows the outline of a piece so cut for a clip, with the hook.With a punch, a circular piece is cut out, so as to leave a hole, It,for the insertion of an open ring, and then with another punch acircular incision is made through the. plate, about two-thirds aroundthe hole thus made, the metal being' left uncut in the rear of the hole;and the piece of metal so perforated and cutis bent down so as to standperpendicular to the body of ,the clip, and is to be passed througlitheslot in the steel, as shown at la, in lig. 2.

In iig. 7, this clip is shownA as completelyformed by the bending downof thetongue i, theinsertion of the open ring p', and the bending of theend h upwards, and the end 7l downwards; but it must be remembered thatis a rear or underside View of iti; the front side of it is shown. infig. 2. (lne end of the plate is there represented as bent outwardlyinto the form of a hook for the eye in the corresponding clip on theopposite steel, and the other end is bent downwardly into the form of ahook, to clasp and hold the outer edge of the steel, so as to keep theclip steady in its position.

The open ring, in its proper position on the underside of the steel, isrepresented by the circular dotted lines in fig. 2.

The clip having the eye is constructed in a similar manner, except thatthe eye s is a 'square hole, cut out with a suitable punch, and that endof the clip is not bent at all.

Fig. 4 shows a rear-side view of this clip when complete.

Fig. 3 shows a rear View of a section of a steel, with this clip inposition, with open ri'ng inserted.

When the clips and steels are ready for use, the tongues are inserted intheir slots, with the rear hooks of the clips around the rear edges ofthe steel; the steels are then inserted in the pockets provided for themin the corset, and when there, the tongues will prject througheyelet-holes inthe inner lining of the corset, and then the open ringswill be inserted in the holes in them, in position, andvhold them there.

And whenever it may be desirable to wash the corset, the steels can beremoved easily,by merely'removing the/open rings, when they canbe takenout almost as easily as the whalebones, and as easily replaced when thewashing shall have been done.

When the steels are in the pockets, they are concealed from view on bothsides of the corset, the eye s and hook It only being seen in i'ront andrear, and the open ring, made of thin Wire, not being materially in theway of the wearer.

It is needless to remark upon the convenience and comfort of havingthese removable fastenings, or upon the simplicity of the manufacture ofthese clips, or upon their cheapness and utility.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

rIhe device for fastening corsets, consisting ofthe male and femaleclips a. b, provided with lips to clasp the husk over its outer edge,and with perforated tongues to pass through slots in the husk, beingsecured in po itiou by means of a key-pin or split ring, substant allyas described, and for the purpose set forth.

` MAGGIE E. FRENTZ.

Witnesses: I

J. F. LARWILL, ALF. Horrnnn.

